Hub demountable disk wheel



W. E. WILLIAMS HUB DEMOUNTABLE DISK WHEEL Filed June V4,. 21920 Patented Dec. 8, 19215.

. UNIT-Eo,srrArEs PATENT OFFICE,

WILLIAM ERAs'T'Us WILLIA'IeIs,l OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, AssIoNon To. AMERICAN STEEL EOUNnnIEs, OE CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OE NEW` JERSEY.

IIUE'DEMOUNTABLE nIsx WHEEL.

Application tiled .Tune 4, 1920. Serial No.. 386,446.

Z all whom it art/1y' concern.'y

Be it known' that I, VILIJIAEI ERASTUS IVILIL'IAMS, a .citizen of the United States,

" und a resident of Chicago, in the county of Cook and. State of Illinois, have invented a newand useful Improvement in Hub Demountable Disk lVheels, otwhicli the iollowing isa specification.

' My invention relates to wheels that have the Webs'thereof' made of disks and are demounted from the hub through the medium of a single hub .fastening'in a' manner common withwire Wheels used in the automobile service.

"The vobject of my invention is to produce a very rigidvdeinou/ntabledisk wheel and one that; may be constructed with little expense. A, A

Reference will behad tothe accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a front elevation of the wheel.

Figure 2 is a .transverse sectional detail on alarger I,scale than that :of Figure l. Figure 3 is a detail of a 4hub feature. `In the drawing 1 indicates the Ordinary fixed hub of the rear wheel of an automobile and 2 indicatesthe brake drum secured thereto through the medium of the han e 3 of the hub.v On the outside of hub 1 t ere is an adapter hub 4 peculiarly constructed for receiving a demou'ntable wire wheel and also my type of a demountable wheel. It is a `common practice, however, to make i -theOrdinaryhub land the adapter huh 4 as an integral unitary piece instead of making it intwo pieces as I yhave shown it. On the adapter'liub 4 there is the Harige which supports a seriesof registering pins 6 for 'resisting the rotation ofv the demountable 40 Wheel u on the hub..

I re er to make my wheel out of a tapere disk having the -thinner portion 7 extending to the riin and the thicker portion 8, nearer the hub. I also stiii'en this hub zone of the disk by a series of corrugations 9. The inner zone of the disk terminates in a flange 10 which embraces a hub extension or shell 11 provided with an annual innige or rib 12 against which the flange '10 reg isters.

When desired I weld the joint between this ange'l() and rib 12 around ythe* region 13, thus making the hub barrel 11 and disk 1 as it were a unitary member. I may' if I choose weld through this ange and the inner end 14 of the barrel 11 as indicated by spot welds 15, giving added strength to the junction of these two pieces. .Theinner end or lange'14 of the barrel 1 1 fits over theinclined portion 16 "of the hub member 60 4, and thus bringsthe parts linto accurate registry.

The barrel 11 is expanded at its Outer end as is indicated by 17, and furnishes .a bearing seat for the inclined portion 18 of 65' a nut 19V Of the.ordinary attei'nofv a fastening nut for demountab e wheels of the wire wheel type. A latch 20 is used as a nut lockto revent thegnut 19 .from being released accidentally from engagement on the end of the hub in an ordinary manner. The web Ordisk of my wheel is curved as shown by 21, giving a slight degree of elasticity 4to the wheel and is secured to theV rim through the medium of an inwardly ex- T5' tending flange 22 of the rim '23 here shown` as made with aA companion flange 24. Other types may be used with this disk and fastening means other than that shown,

rim.

Wire wheel bodies are demounted as a whole by vreleasing one nut, vand equally simple provision for demounting a disk wheelis highly desirable, but it has been a unitary structure ordisk and hub. This eo construction is inexpensive and only light metal is needed because the drawing is cornparatively slight.

The inclined bearing portion Ofilang'e" 16 of'tlie hub supports the flange 14 of the hub 95 barrel and the superposed ange 10 of the 'disk and thus carries the rolling load of the wheel. in a mannerto avoid straining the union of the two members at that point which is a great desideratum.

In uniting the disk web with the hub sleeve or barrel 11 the flange 14. ofthe latter is made cylindrical or rather, small enough in diameter to be entered inte the a erture of the flange 10 of the disk and 105 a, ter ,the same is entered therein the flange 14 is expanded Outward into the form shown in the drawings.

In place'of the above bling the' sleeve or barrel method of assembe employed between the vdisk and the -80 Y 11 und body of the H5 lll i ser;

disk, I may form. the said barrel 1l withoutvswage the :angel down or contract it into the engagement shown.4 The methods above ,described of fastening insuresa mechanical .union of the separate parts which is a strong connection independently of the welding op- All eration but` the welding insures a stronger connection.

The front end of my tube or barrel 11 is expanded as indicated by 26 to permit space for the latch device 20.

The apertures in the disk 7 through which the pins 6 pass are reinforced as lndicated lhat I claim is:-

l. The combination with a hub elongated outwardly with respect to the wheels plane, having projections ou which a wheel disk may slide transversely to its own plane but bars relative rotation of disk and hub, and further having a central, peripheral, tapered support for a hub sleeve, of an outwardly 'tapered hub sleeve fitting over and longitudinally adjustable with respect to said support, a disk having around its central opening a lateral flange overlapping and permanently united with the inner portion of said sleeve, and means for securing the outer end of the sleeve1 to the hub and forcing it longitudinally into rigid engagement with the tapered support.

2. The combination with a hub having in the region ofthe wheels central plane an outwardly tapered hub sleeve seat, of a hub sleeve having its inner end portion fitting.

over and adjustable along said seat and provided with an external projection, a wheel disk having a central aperture surrounded by'a iange iitting over said inner end portion and abutting said projection, and a hubengaging nut arranged to force the sleeve inward u )on the hub into rigid engagement with. said seat.

3. The combination with a wheelhub having a peripherally Aconed flange, of a disk having an outwardly extending fiange about its central opening ada. ted to seat upon the hub flange, a primari y independent hub sleeve overlapping the disk flange, the overlapping parts lbeing permanently engaged 4 with each other, and securing means to mount the disk and sleeve laterally upon the hub flange. 4

4. The combination with a wheel hub extending outwardly .far be ond the wheel rims plane and having in t at planean annular, outwardly tapered hub" sleeve seat, of i an elongated, outwardly tapered, disk bracing hub sleevehavngits inner end portion fitting said Yseat and its outer end `portion secured to the outer end portion of the hub,

anda wheel disk having a lateral dan e fitting over and rigidly united with the inner end of the sleeve, whereby the disk andv ractically unitary structure sleeve form a readily remova le from the hub.

5. The combination with aphub having in the region'ofv the wheelsload plane a peripheral, outwardly taperedhub sleeve seat, of a wheel disk having a central voutwardly converging 'lateral flangein the plane of Y the outer ends of the hub .and sleeve andv pressing the latter inwardl 6. The combination wit av wheel disk having around its central opening an an- 'nular .flange of an outwardly tapered,

elongated hub sleeve overlapping and permanently united with said ange, a hub having a peripheral flange alongside thev disk and a peripheral projection supporting the overlapping portions 'of the v disk flange and sleeve, means barring rotation fof the disk upon the hub while allowing it to move freely along the same., and means for sep- *ably connecting the outer end t- 1e sleeve and hub.

Signed at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, this 1st day of June, 1920.

WILLIAM ERSTUS WILLIAMS.

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